Education - Omnes

A Catholic perspective on current events

Awakenings

Ricardo Calleja reflects on the “El Despertar” event, from It's Time to Think, The project is a cultural and community renaissance among young people that transcends traditional religious or political structures.

Omnes Editorial Staff

Education emptied of God

Horacio Silvestre, director of the San Mateo Institute of Excellence in Madrid and a great advocate of humanities, effort, memorization and other skills that are increasingly undervalued in the classroom, reflects on the role of religion in education.

Omnes Editorial Staff

The founding charism: living memory, not museum relics

Las instituciones católicas deben evitar ser «reliquias de museo» y centrarse en reavivar el carisma fundacional. Esto implica poner al sagrario como corazón real del colegio, involucrar al profesorado como comunidad de misión y reconocer la insustituible primacía educadora de los padres.

Diego Blázquez Bernaldo de Quirós

Newman and the university in the age of AI

In the face of the rise of AI, classical education reclaims its place. Jonathan J. Sanford, professor of philosophy and president of the University of Dallas, discusses how Newman's teachings can guide toward a critical use of technology, defending the value of the liberal arts at one of America's most prestigious Catholic institutions.

Omnes Editorial Staff

Javier Gomá sees dignity as “resistance” in a provocative act of San Damaso

The philosopher and writer Javier Gomá yesterday described human dignity, in an act of the San Dámaso Ecclesiastical University, as “resistance”, for example against the “despotism of the majority”. The Cardinal of Madrid, Archbishop José Cobo, spoke of the model of universality (catholicity) in the face of the power that discards, and of “a logic of encounter”.

Omnes Editorial Staff

Ousman Umar, in a boat to «paradise».»

Ousman Umar survived the desert, two trips on a boat and the indifference of the street, and transformed his experience into a mission: to create real opportunities in Africa through education. Today he runs the NGO Nasco Feeding Minds.